Sirach 37:13
Good News Translation
And trust your own judgment; no one's advice is more reliable.

New Revised Standard Version
And heed the counsel of your own heart, for no one is more faithful to you than it is.

Contemporary English Version
And trust your own judgment-- you care more about yourself than anyone else does.

New American Bible
Then, too, heed your own heart’s counsel; for there is nothing you can depend on more.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the field laborer of every work,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the field laborer of every work,

Sirach 37:11
Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.

Sirach 37:12
Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks,

Sirach 37:14
Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.

Sirach 37:15
But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,

Context
Sirach 37
12Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks, 13Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the field laborer of every work, 14Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.…
Cross References
Sirach 37:11
Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.

Sirach 37:12
Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks,

Sirach 37:14
Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.

Sirach 37:15
But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 37:12
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